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Re: $am_aux_dir fix for MacOS X


From: Akim Demaille
Subject: Re: $am_aux_dir fix for MacOS X
Date: 13 Sep 2001 10:25:20 +0200
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>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Van Holder <address@hidden> writes:

Tim> We really should recommend CDPATH=${ZSH_VERSION+.}$PATH_SEPARATOR
Tim> instead; using ':' for CDPATH on DJGPP causes bash to _start_
Tim> printing the directory names.  For autoconf there is currently no
Tim> problem, as CDPATH is unset before falling back on setting it to
Tim> ':'; but I was bitten by this in the am_aux_dir expansion.

Please, update the documentation, and the relevant m4sh macros!

>> but in the future, when Automake require Autoconf, this line shall
>> be removed.
Tim> IIRC, the 1.5 branch already does.

Hm, I suppose there will be fix releases of 1.5, so I guess you refer
to the next generation.  It would be a nice thing, indeed, to have
Automake start getting rid of things Autoconf 2.5x handles now.



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